LEON Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Few tame first ride pics on the new bike last night. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Nice high wall ride! What is the geo of those bad boys? about 1020, 0bb, 73ha, 380? Thats my guess. Full bike pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Cheers! Once again it took years of fine bar & stem adjustment, but I like it. I read somewhere the stays are 384mm, looking at it, I'd say realistically they couldn't be any shorter, so even though it's tiny short it's still decent on the back wheel. Wheelbase with pashley forks is about 1014. The bb looks rougly a 4/5mm drop from the axles. Head angle is probably 72/73 ish, steeper than I'd like but the short rear & bb drop make up for it. I wanna try find some slightly longer forks, 405-410mm, basicaly lite guys but with strength. I'll try get some decent pics tonight if the sun comes back. Chars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I find it really funny how particular you are with your set ups. Thats no dig, im the same. So what happened to the Marinos? (countless ) Is that 1.5inch azonics? Where did the frame come from? It might have been mine at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 (edited) It's off Edmondraptor on here, The bars are the old model Azonic b-52 (before the azonic shape went awful) supposed to be 2" rise but they're more like 2.5" as the 31.8 clamp makes the rise look lower, replacing them with some Answer pro tapers tonight, same sorta thing but they were too cheap to turn down. Yea bar angle can make or break a bike for me lol, 2 0r 3 degrees either way & it's ruined lol. It's definitely no orange zero in terms of bunnyhops but it's the closest thing I've ridden behind a zebdi & a norco, but in return it's way better than those on the back wheel. You do feel the weight, it's probably a tiny bit less than a marino but I wanna go back to a rear D521 & get rid of this echo urban thing, but I'm not sure the pads will reach unless I get brand new ones, even then it'd be a stretch! I hate 4 bolt mounts & most modern things lol. And the marino's...I just gave up, little tweaks here & there but just couldn't get what I wanted, the last one's wheelbase came up quite a bit over, frame was a month late, and I don't think a cheap custom frame can ever compare to a production one, shame, I could have bought 4 of these with the money I spent on marino's lol. Edited August 17, 2010 by LEON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 What about some Tensile mounts to let the brake come in closer? Or even some metal backing pads? The old mk1 Heatsink ones added a huge amount of breadth/height from the piston. Look forward to seeing full bike pics if you get round to it. Oh, plus, I know of the boy you bought it from but it wasnt mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 I've heard the tensile mounts are useless for narrower rims, only good for wider as they stick up bit where the hoses screw in hits the edge of the mount anyway so you can't get it any further inwards, I may be wrong but I did look & that's what I read. Might just go for some beefier pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 That does sound like you might be right actually. Pff, they were shite anyway. Bike looks nice man. How come you have stuck to gears? I'm sure you would feel the weight difference if you went for a single speed set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted August 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Always used gears always will I use all of 'em too for the fast stuff, had 8 gears & gripshift for over 13 years now lol. The weight ain't too bad, I just notice it in the rear but I need the gears, But I don't need a Josh Bender sized rim, I'd bet a D521 is stronger anyway. Just wish i could bend the headtube back a bit....lol, and I gotta get it re sprayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence--Trials Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Very nice riding Just thaught you should know, I creamed over you bike (A) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 I really dont know what colour I'd spray that frame. Its kinda unsprayable in my eyes. They only came in black and brown didnt they? How has your leg healed up? Pretty good I take it now you're out riding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 (edited) Yea it was just black & 1998 ford fiesta maroon they came in lol, I was thinking frame & fork gunmetal grey... Was never actually my leg lol, my right side/hip and a bit on my upper back were both a nightmare all infected but healed up about 10 weeks ago, but as soon as I healed I was a fat b*****d and a slug on a bike after nearly 2 years off & it wasn't fair on my cranks, bars, frame etc so I stopped eating crap, went running alot & went from 16 st to 13st 12lbs I feel like I'm 19 again, ready for street! Although...I've just had a very generous offer from Mr Marino Edited October 10, 2010 by LEON Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Although...I've just had a very generous offer from Mr Marino 16st? f**k sake. fat b*****d. lol Oh aye, whats he saying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lankyri Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 yay leons back out with another mad bike hopefully see you soon mate southend sunday? and 16st nearly as fat as fat dan haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 f**king YES BOY!! About bloody time your out on the bike!!! Cant wait to get back to the hood now and ride with youuu!!! Im home September 11th!! So we are riding September 12th!! Put it in your fooking calendar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 You could try overbleeding your brake too to solve the thin rim thing, I'm running an Atomlab Pimp on my Marino and have the same problem and overbleeding it worked great. Pull on the lever to push the pads out, then put about 3mm or however much you want of cardboard/whatever behind the pads to keep them out, then bleed the brake as normal. Hey presto, you've suddenly gained 6mm of rim width in theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross McArthur Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Overbleeding is a great idea. I just grabbed the nipple with a set of mole grips. Probably should have thought of your idea though! Ha! I'm actually sending Leon some Tensile mounts. They should work ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I'm actually sending Leon some Tensile mounts. They should work ok. They don't really work as well 'in' as they do 'out'. The slave generally hits the slotted part of the clamps before you can really move it in much more than a standard clamp anyway. Overbleeding works to a certain extent too, in so much as when I did it it generally seemed to affect one side more than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEON Posted August 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Joe I'll be there! flying on sep 11th eh?.....nice lol. We won't be riding much if the weather carries on like this. I did overbleed on an echo urban/D521 once, not keen on the idea, but I'll see how much these clamps do first & buy the chunkiest pads I can find, anyone know what that would be? Don't care about compound just want minimum noise. Why can't mavic just make a slightly bigger D521?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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